Monday, December 17, 2007

On this past Sunday we had to say goodbye to our friends, Stacy and Hans and their children, as they follow God's leading to the mission field. We met Stacy and Hans in our Life class and our kids have become good friends as well. As crazy as this time is for them they had us and two other families over for one of their many farewell parties. Hans had gotten 4 deer this year and so we had a cook out. It was such a special time of fellowship, singing songs, and time spent in prayer over this exciting journey for them. As we all have felt, this is so very sad for us to say goodbye, yet happy to see God's calling and provision for their family. They have a special place in our hearts and will be in our prayers as they follow God's leading.

Their son, Joshua, helped plan this party and all of the kids were thrilled to see that he had planned a pinata for this get together.

We have enjoyed our year long membership at the planetarium this year. This past Friday night we went to see a program about the Star of Bethlehem. The kids are standing in front of the multi-million dollar machine that makes the stars and planets come alive.

We couldn't resist snapping one shot of the kids as we were all headed to the indoor pool at the Y. It almost felt like we could swim outside as it was in the upper 70's and was supposed to hit 80 that day.

Austin, Lindsey, and Reece each were in different choirs for their Christmas concert. Austin had a speaking part this year and we would have to say that Kidz Praise is Reece's most favorite class at church. Here Reece is singing in this picture above. Lindsey is in the front row on the next picture. We mainly got Austin's speaking part on video this year. Janet helped with the 5 year old choir so it was a busy yet great evening.

I think we got Austin saying his first "When will I ever use this?" in school this year. For third grade English, Austin spends time daily diagramming sentences. He is doing a great job in English and we can all understand why he would ask this question in regards to diagramming.

This past month, as is the case with many families, is a flurry of activities. I'll try to update our family and friends on some of the Megilligan happenings. For Thanksgiving we traveled to PA to see Brian's Uncles, Aunts, counsins and of course Granny (pictured above). After returning home we spent a family day of sleeping in, going out for brunch, watching the past 9 family Christmas videos, and decorating the house while listening to Christmas music. It was a great weekend.